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“The Foolish Bird” (2017) by Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka

Director Huang Ji has taken it upon herself to be the voice for China’s left-behind children, children that have been left at home with relatives, as their parents move to the bigger cities in search of work and a livelihood. After her excellent debut film “Egg and Stone” in 2012, she reteams with leading lady Yao Honggui to bring us a tale of another left-behind girl as she goes through the trials and tribulations of growing up and a rude coming-of-age.

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2017年十佳成熟导演与十佳新导演作品丨《笨鸟》张献民的影像推介

此影片对于我有不少发现作用。比如我以为网吧即使在乡间也是过去的事情了,但它展现 着网吧对于现在的乡镇少年仍很重要,起码在湖南的部分地区。

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Hollywood Reporter - review: 'The Foolish Bird' | Filmart 2017

'Egg and Stone' director Huang Ji follows up her Tiger Award-winner with a return to the world of left-behind children in her second feature.

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IndieWire - review: ‘Beijing Ants’ Will Change Your Perspective On the Real Estate Market

A young couple with a baby are told their rent is going up next month by more than 25 percent. The rapacious landlords are abusive and confrontational; accusations fly, along with ethnic slurs, and fists. The couple has to move, obviously, but can’t find anything that’s not dirtier, smaller and more expensive than they’d like.  They use brokers, who shuttle them from one substandard craphole to another.

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LinkinMovies.it - review: The Foolish Bird (Ben Niao)

Premiato alla Berlinale nella sezione Generation, The Foolish Bird dei registi Huang Ji e Ryuji Otsuka è il ritratto cupo e disperato di una generazione dispersa nella vacuità dove non c'è spazio per le emozioni e per il sentimento.

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Oubliette Magazine - FEFF 2018: Sezione China Now – “The Foolish Bird” di Huang Ji e Otsuka Ryuji

Il Far East di Udine è conosciuto come festival del cinema popolare asiatico, ma non per questo volta le spalle alle produzioni indipendenti, specie se queste occupano un ruolo di prim’ordine nella conquista di nuovi spazi e rilievi nel panorama internazionale.

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Screen Daily - ‘Stonewalling’: Venice Review

Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka explore the limited options available to the younger generation of contemporary China.

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VCINEMA - The Foolish Bird (China, 2017)

Il Far East di Udine è conosciuto come festival del cinema popolare asiatico, ma non per questo volta le spalle alle produzioni indipendenti, specie se queste occupano un ruolo di prim’ordine nella conquista di nuovi spazi e rilievi nel panorama internazionale.

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